"And what holds good of verse holds infinitely better in respect to prose."

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"And what holds good of verse holds infinitely better in respect to prose."

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"It has often struck me that the relation of two important members of the social body to one another has never been sufficiently considered, or treated of, so far as I know, either by the philosopher or the poet."

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"But, on the other hand, the occasional and precarious dripping of coppers has by no means a genial effect."

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